6:09 AM,
Apr. 9, 2014

John Zaferiou of Marlboro recently switched to Freehold Cartage Inc. to handle his garbage collection. Press on Your Side helped him with a recurring billing problem with his old trash hauler, Waste Management.

Written by

A simple snafu on Marlboro resident John Zaferiou's trash bill from Waste Management left him in the dumps.

It started after Waste Management charged him for one month of service rather than give it to him for free as promised. Months later, Zaferiou's bills had accumulated late fees and other charges. He also was charged for service after it was canceled, Zaferiou said.

"Despite sending them and their collection agency letters along with all of their own invoices showing everything, the only answer I get is they don't care, their computer says I owe them money so pay up or they will sue me," ...